Home Before Dark: Is Home Before Dark based on a true story? The incredible story

HOME BEFORE DARK is a brand-new series coming to Apple TV next month. The drama follows a schoolgirl and journalist who cracks a cold case when her family moves to a new town. But is the show based on a true story? Express.co.uk spoke exclusively to one of the stars of the drama.

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Apple TV is going to be releasing a fresh new drama series called Home Before Dark, which sees a nine-year-old girl called Hilde Lisko (played by Broklynn Prince). Hilde and her family relocate to her journalist father Matthew’s hometown where she starts investigating a long-forgotten case. However, thanks to her unwavering determination, the child journalist goes on a mission to find out the truth.

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The show will be coming out on Apple TV globally on April 3 with episodes dropping on a weekly basis.

A trailer for Home Before Dark shows Hilde and her family moving to a quiet town and upon arrival getting a warning from the sheriff not to make any trouble.

Things take a turn as Hilde starts to dig into what seems like a missing person’s case after she unearths an old videotape from the 80s, which features her father as a child.

Before long, Hilde is clashing with local law enforcement as she tries to find out what’s going on.

She also gets into trouble for skipping school to interview a murder suspect.

Home Before Dark makes for a gripping new drama which will have viewers hooked from the get-go.

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Is Home Before Dark based on a true story?

Home Before Dark has been inspired by real-life child journalist Hilde Lysiak, who reported on murder which happened close to her home.

The series was written by Dana Fox and Dara Resnik, who have created a compelling 10-part drama.

However, only elements of the show are based on facts, such as Lysiak scooping her local newspaper on a murder story, her father quitting journalism and the schoolgirl’s determination to continue reporting the news.

Other aspects are creative licence but at its heart, Home Before Dark is about the pursuit of the truth.

Home Before Dark is rooted in a real story (Image: APPLE)

Home Before Dark follows a child journalist in her pursuit of the truth (Image: APPLE)

Apple has already given Home Before Dark a renewal for season two in January, months before the show’s premiere.

In an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, Home Before Dark composer Nathan Lanier spoke about working on the show.

Lanier said: “I think the core of the story is about uncovering the truth and lots of times in life there are lots of hidden truths.

“The music plays on this a lot, this steady ticking clock element that moves us through the story as we learn new things about our characters and the story.”

He continued: “Another element in terms of the show that we wanted to add – John and Dana and I talked about this early on – one of the principal themes of the show is empowering children and giving them a voice.

“We thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to literally give them a voice in the score?’ And so, we put together a children’s choir and had kids sing on the score.”

The musician went on to say the show wasn’t a children’s TV series per se but a programme featuring kids with a dark tone.